Denise Meredyth

Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts

HCA, partnerships and the public interest

Research platforms

12 October 2014ACHRC

More Information

• http://www.arc.gov.au/media/ARC_Presentations.htm.

Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Engineering

Built Environment and Design

Information and Computing Sciences

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Chemical Sciences

Language, Communication and Culture

Studies in Creative Arts and Writing

History and Archaeology

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Number of projects (all schemes) involving GLAM, by 2-digit FoR code (2008 to 2014)

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Proportion of HCA grants involving GLAM partners that involved PIs from a GLAM organisation (LP 201014)

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Number of projects funded and success rate in HCA/SBE LIEF projects involving GLAM organisations

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No. of projects funded and success rate in HCA/SBE LIEF projects relating to: Clearinghouse, digital, museum, library, gallery, information, archive, online archive, searchable, knowledge platform, repository, interactive, interactivity

ARC Centres of Excellence

• ARC Centres of Excellence $1–4 m a year for up to seven years

HCA Centres• Creative Industries and Innovation• History of Emotions• Dynamics of Language• Policing and Security (HCA/SBE)

Investment in excellence for the longer term

The ARC Centres of Excellence—objectives• highly innovative and potentially transformational

research that aims to knowledge;• interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to• develop relationships and build new networks• build Australia’s human capacity in a range of;• postgraduate and postdoctoral training• large-scale problems over longer periods of• points of interaction between unis, business, government,

private sector

Centres of Excellence 2014Success by discipline

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*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences

Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 1

Laureate Fellows 2014Success by discipline

*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences Source: 2014 Selection Report Table 5

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Requested and approved funding for ARC Centres of Excellence 2014 by discipline

panelPanel* Proposals

approvedRequested funds over project life (approved

Proposals)

Approved funds over project life (approved

Proposals)

Approved funds as % of requested

funds

BSB 4 $108,127,261 $96,000,00088.78%

EMI 3 $71,532,842 $65,000,000 90.87%

HCA 1 $28,000,000 $28,000,000100.00%

PCE 3 $83,932,145 $75,999,996 90.55%SBE 1 $25,200,000 $20,000,000 79.37%

Total 12 $316,792,248 $284,999,996 89.96%

*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences

Numbers of EOIs, Proposals and success rates for ARC Centres of Excellence 2014

by discipline panel

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EOIs considered

EOIs shortlisted

EOI success

rate(%)

Proposals considered

Proposals interviewed

Proposals approved

Proposals success

rate

BSB 26 6 23.1% 6 6 4 66.7%

EMI 33 5 15.2% 5 5 3 60.0%

HCA 11 4 36.4% 4 4 1 25.0%

PCE 23 5 21.7% 5 5 3 60.0%

SBE 10 2 20.0% 2 2 1 50.0%

Total 103 22 21.4% 22 22 12 54.5%

*BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EMI = Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economics Sciences

What the Centres need to look like• The Centres are the largest investments of the ARC Grants

Program • Centres foster frontier interdisciplinary research, with

innovative and highly integrated Research Programs• Centres are critical for the next generation of researchers—

capacity building• Leading the way—international reputation• Building on important collaborations• Public benefits and research impact